History of the American Negro: West Virginia Edition

Huling Henry Lewis

west virginia edition 149 the standard bearer as nominee of his party in local elections. He belongs to the Baptist Church, in which he is a trustee. He is a member of the Masons, Elks, Pythians, Red Men and Gallilean Fishermen, being examiner for the latter and for the Masons. He is also medical examiner for the National Benefit Insurance Company. He belongs to both the state and national Medical Societies, and has been president of the state organization. His favorite reading is history. During the war he was a member of the local committee, Council of Defense. His property interests are in New York and West Virginia. He believes the next forward step of the race is to be along industrial lines. Huling Henry Lewis A generation ago, the ministry and the teaching profession claimed a large majority of those colored young men whose ambition and intelligence drove them away from the farm or from day labor. With the rising tide of intelligence and better equipment, came a widening of those professions which the colored man might enter with profit. Among these was dentistry. It is gratifying to observe and to note the success of those young men of the profession who have taken time to equip themselves at the best schools. Such a man is Dr. Huling Henry Lewis, of Charleston. Another interesting thing about Dr. Lewis is the fact that he did not find it necessary to leave home in order to succeed. He was born at Charleston on January 7, 1895, so it will be seen he entered upon his practice young. His father, Cary Lewis, better known as Lewis Strother, is the son of Cain Lewis. His mother, before her marriage , was Mary Dandridge. Dr. Lewis laid the foundation of his education in the public schools of Charleston, from which he passed to West Virginia C. I. at Institute for his literary work, finishing them in 1916. From there he went to the Howard University School of Dentistry, where he won his D.D.S. in 1920. He made his own way in College by means of hotel work and the ammunition plant during the war. julius henderson love west virginia edition 151 Following the completion of his course he returned to Charleston and maintains attractive dental parlors and operating rooms on Court Street. Already he is firmly established in the practice. Dr. Lewis is a Republican in politics, in religion a Baptist. He belongs to the Masons and the Elks and state and national medical and dental organizations . He belongs to the Chi Delta Mu, Greek letter fraternity and is an accomplished musician. Dr. Lewis is one of the three dentists who give their services to the public school free dental clinic. Julius Henderson Love The colored lawyer, perhaps more strongly than the representative of any other profession, feels the pressure of white competition. Not only have his people always been accustomed to white lawyers, but he must practice in courts where all the officers, including the jury are white. So when one finds a young colored lawyer steadily rising in his profession, it may be taken for granted that he is well equipped and has the confidence of his community. One such man is Julius Henderson Love, of Montgomery, W. Va. Mr. Love is a native of the sister state of Maryland, having been born at Waterbury in that state on May 10, 1885. His father, Rev. Julius C. Love, is a veteran minister in the M. E. church and a son of Henderson Love. The mother of our subject was before her marriage, Miss Susie Carr, daughter of Mary and Shadrack Carr. As his father was in the itinerancy, young Love became a sort of peripatetic student so far as his public school training was concerned. He went to Morgan College, Baltimore for his preparatory and college work. The preparatory course he finished in 1904 and afterward spent three years in the college proper. He matriculated at Howard University in 1907 and won his A.B. degree in 1910 and his LL.B. degree in 1912. Like so many of the successful men of the race he found it necessary to make his own way in school. Fortunately he had the advantages which go with a Christian home with parents ambitious for him. The ...